DER_software

=DER software in science=

__Adobe Acrobat Pro__
Adobe Acrobat Pro can be used to make interactive worksheets and portfolios. Portfolios can be used to assemble multiple parts of a unit of work or for students to create a portfolio to showcase their work. Interactive pdf worksheets can be set up so that marking criteria sheets can add up total scores automatically.

Sample resources:

Genetics assessment task on biotechnology



__Adobe Captivate__
Adobe Captivate can be used by students and teachers to make software simulations and self-marking quizzes.

Sample resources: media type="file" key="revision quiz.swf" width="792" height="594" Download the quiz here: [|revision quiz.swf]

__Adobe Premier Elements (& Debut Video Capture)__
Adobe Premier Elements is a video capture and editing software. Students can import and edit videos by adding text, music and narration. If student are filming their own videos, it is easier to film using Debut Video Capture and then importing it to Adobe Premier Elements. Hint: Adobe Premier Elements takes a lot of processing power so tell students to be patient when they first use it. You can also use a USB with a large amount of free space to speed up the DER laptops. Click here to find out how.

Sample resources This activity involves students importing a video on how a fossil is formed. The video is an animation with no text, sound or narration. Students can import the video into Adobe Premier Elements to add text, sound and their own narration to explain the formation of a fossil.

media type="file" key="How a fossil is made.3gp" width="300" height="300" Download the fossils video here: [|How a fossil is made.3gp]

Google Earth
Google Earth lets you fly anywhere to view satellite images, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, galaxies and beneath the ocean. There are many "map layers" such as ocean, volcanoes and earthquakes. The software can be used to make maps with narration, which can be exported and shared as a KMZ file.

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Sample resources:

Lesson resources for Google Earth

__QuickMark__
QuickMark is a barcode creator and scanner. Students can make their own barcodes to share URLs, messages and location info. Teachers can use the barcodes to hide answers. QuickMark is on DER laptops and can also be downloaded as an iPhone, iPod or iPad app.

Sample resources: This activity was used by a Yr11 Physics class to create a noughts and crosses game involving true and false questions on historical models of the universe. The game is played by a Year 7 class.



This is an instruction sheet on how to create QR codes using QuickMark



__Student Response Network__
Student Response Network (SRN) should now be on all Year 9, 10 and 11 laptops and all teacher laptops. SRN is a virtual clicker that allows every student in the class to participate in quizzes. SRN is also available as an iPhone, iPod and iPad app. See the SRN website for quiz templates in Microsoft PowerPoint and SMART Notebook. media type="youtube" key="ymCadKc3TGg" height="345" width="560"